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Helen Humphreys Books in Order

Helen Humphreys has written 22 books, published between 1986 and 2024. The first book is Gods and Other Mortals (1986) and the newest is Followed by the Lark (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1986–2024
Pages on record
3,364 in 18 of 22 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,364 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

See all 22 books in order Printable Helen Humphreys checklist

Helen Humphreys has 22 books catalogued between 1986 and 2024, with poetry among the listed subjects. Gods and Other Mortals (1986) and Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios (1990) are the earliest titles. Leaving Earth (1997), Afterimage (2000) and The Lost Garden (2002) came later. Women air pilots, endurance flights and the Second World War appear in the subjects. Helen Humphreys is a Canadian poet and novelist, born in 1961.

How many Helen Humphreys books are there?

Helen Humphreys has 22 books, released between 1986 and 2024.

Helen Humphreys Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Helen Humphreys books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios by Helen Humphreys (1990)
  2. Cover of The Perils of Geography by Helen Humphreys (1995)
  3. Cover of Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys (1997)
  4. Cover of Anthem by Helen Humphreys (1999)
  5. Cover of Afterimage by Helen Humphreys (2000)
  6. Cover of The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys (2002)
  7. Cover of Wild Dogs by Helen Humphreys (2004)
  8. Cover of The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys (2007)
  9. Cover of Coventry by Helen Humphreys (2008)
  10. Cover of The Reinvention of Love by Helen Humphreys (2010)
  11. Cover of The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys (2015)
  12. Cover of And a Dog Called Fig: Solitude, Connection, the Writing Life by Helen Humphreys (2022)
  13. Cover of Followed by the Lark by Helen Humphreys (2024)
  1. 1
    Gods and Other Mortals1986 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198678
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  2. 2
    Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios1990 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199080
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  3. 3
    The Perils of Geography1995 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199560
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  4. 4
    Leaving Earth1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  5. 5
    Anthem1999 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199977
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  6. 6
    Afterimage2000 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000240
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  7. 7
    The Lost Garden2002 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002192
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  8. 8
    Ethel on Fire2003 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200388
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  9. 9
    Wild Dogs2004 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004192
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  10. 10
    The Frozen Thames2007 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007186
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  11. 11
    Coventry2008 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008177
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  12. 12
    The Reinvention of Love2010 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010260
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  13. 13
    Nocturne: on The Life And Death Of My Brother2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    True Story2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    The River2015 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015216
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  16. 16
    The Evening Chorus2015 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015294
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  17. 17
    The Ghost Orchard2017 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017234
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  18. 18
    Machine Without Horses2018 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018270
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  19. 19
    Rabbit Foot Bill2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020240
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  20. 20
    Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021208
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  21. 21
    And a Dog Called Fig: Solitude, Connection, the Writing Life2022 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022272
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  22. 22
    Followed by the Lark2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Helen Humphreys books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

22 books

22 Helen Humphreys titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Helen Humphreys books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 22 Helen Humphreys books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Helen Humphreys

Start with Gods and Other Mortals (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Humphreys book?

Followed by the Lark (2024) is the newest Helen Humphreys book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Humphreys book coming?

No next Helen Humphreys book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Helen Humphreys at a glance

Still publishing
Helen Humphreys published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Helen Humphreys books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,364 pages across the 18 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Humphreys books, 7 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Helen Humphreys books are about

18 of the 22 Helen Humphreys books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 4 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.